American college football season
The1929 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented theUniversity of Tennessee in the1929 college football season . Playing as a member of theSouthern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coachRobert Neyland , in his fourth year, and played their home games atShields–Watkins Field inKnoxville, Tennessee . The 1928 Vols won nine, lost zero and tied one game (9–0–1 overall, 6–0–1 in the SoCon). In a virtual repeat of the previous year, a tie withKentucky spoiled Tennessee's perfect season. Playing eight home games, the Volunteers outscored their opponents 330 to 13 and posted eight shutouts.
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 28 Centre * W 40–68,000 [ 1] October 5 atChattanooga * W 20–010,000 [ 2] October 12 Ole Miss Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry ) W 52–7[ 3] October 19 Alabama Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry ) W 6–020,000 [ 4] [ 5] October 26 atWashington and Lee W 39–0[ 6] November 2 Auburn Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry ) W 27–0[ 7] November 9 Carson–Newman * Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN W 73–0[ 8] November 16 Vanderbilt Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry ) W 13–0[ 9] November 28 atKentucky T 6–620,000 [ 10] December 7 South Carolina Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry) W 54–010,000 [ 11] *Non-conference game Homecoming
Number Player Position Games started Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age 29 L. Philip Beene tackle 31 Fritz Brandt end Erwin, Tennessee 30 Herbert Brown guard 33 James Clemmer end 55 Oscar Derryberry tackle 37 Jim Finney center 21 Ben Fuller guard 39 Houston Herndon end 45 Herman Hickman guard Johnson City, Tennessee Baylor School 5'10" 225 25 Laird Holt end 26 Paul Hug end Kingsport High 172 56 Bowen Hughes guard 35 Bo Hundley tackle 13 Howard Johnson tackle 22 James G. Johnston tackle 20 Eugene S. Mayer tackle 47 David K. Mitchell center 23 Louis Roberts center 42 Ray Saunders tackle 6'0" 184 54 Charles Talbot end 34 Conrad Templeton guard 24 Harry Thayer guard
Number Player Position Games started Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age 14 John Allen halfback 52 Edwin Corbett halfback 40 William G. Cox fullback 13 Quinn Decker fullback 16 Theodore Disney halfback 17 Bobby Dodd quarterback Kingsport, Tennessee Kingsport High 6'1" 170 12 Hugh Faust quarterback 44 Charles Gillespie halfback 15 Buddy Hackman halfback Nashville, Tennessee Hume-Fogg High 5'11" 175 27 Paul D. Heydrick halfback 18 Charles Kohlhase fullback 44 Pal McAdams halfback 28 Gene McEver halfback Bristol, Virginia Bristol High 5'10" 185 46 Oliver McKeehan fullback 38 Charles Reineke quarterback 32 James Whitaker halfback
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^ "McEver leads Vols to 40–6 victory over Centre boys" .The Courier-Journal . September 29, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Tennessee's "Touchdown Twins" triumph over hard-fighting Moccasins, 20 to 0" .The Chattanooga Times . October 6, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "M'ever leads Vols to 52–7 win over Ole Miss" .The Knoxville News-Sentinel . October 13, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Tennessee Volunteers defeat Alabama" .The Knoxville Journal . October 20, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Vols set Alabama back" .The Birmingham News . October 20, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Tennessee easily defeats Generals in march toward conference championship" .Richmond Times Dispatch . October 27, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Plainsmen make game stand but bow in mud, 27–0" .The Montgomery Advertiser . November 3, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Tennessee reserves defeat Carson–Newman eleven 73 to 0" .The Knoxville News-Sentinel . November 10, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Tennessee ends Vandy's quest of title, 13 to 0" .The Nashville Tennessean . November 17, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Wildcats blast Vols' title hopes" .The Lexington Herald . November 29, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Tennessee whips Gamecocks, 54–0" .The Greenville News . December 8, 1929. RetrievedAugust 7, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "The Tennessee Football Programs: 1929 Football Program - UT vs Centre College" . Archived fromthe original on March 4, 2016. RetrievedAugust 23, 2015 .
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